Current Affairs Quiz 21st June 2022 : Daily GK Update

Exp. PM Modi inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research at IISc Bengaluru, Karnataka

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Center for Brain Research (CBR) set up at a cost of Rs 280 crore at the Indian Institute of Science campus (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka.

He also laid the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthsarathy Multispeciaity Hoispital at IISc Bengaluru.

The Centre for Brain Research is developed as one of its kind research facility and focuses on conducting vital research to provide evidence based public health interventions to manage age related brain disorders.

Exp. PM Modi inaugurated redeveloped Shree Kalika Mata temple at Panchmahal, Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the redeveloped Shree Kalika Mata temple atop the Pavagadh hill in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat.

Addressing the gathering the Prime Minister said that this temple also symbolizes ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas’.

About Gujarat

• Capital– Gandhinagar
• Chief  Minister– Bhupendra Patel
• Governor – Acharya Devvrat
• Gujarat Day–  1 May

Exp. China’s President will host the 14^th BRICS Summit in Beijing

China’s President Xi Jinping will host the 14^th BRICS Summit in Beijing on June 23.

Theme: Foster High Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.

12^th BRICS meeting National Security Advisors (NSA) held virtually.

• 12th BRICS summit 2020 : Russia
• 13th BRICS summit 2021 : India
• 14th BRICS summit 2022 : China

About BRICS

• Founded– 2006
• BRICS– Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa
• Members-5 (Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa).
• First summit– 16 June 2009 in Russia (Yekaterinburg)
• Global exposure-Comprises 43% of the world population, 17% share in the world trade.
• This organisation has a very prominent role in the world economy because it represents around 43% of the world’s population and 30% of the world’s GDP.

Exp. 12^th Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Geneva

The 12^th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of World Trade Organization concluded at Geneva, Switzerland.

The Conference was co-hosted by Kazakhstan.

The ministers from across the world attended the meeting to review the functioning of the multilateral trading system, make general statements and to take action on the future work of the WTO.

About World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Founded– 1 January 1995
• HQ – Geneva Switzerland
• 1st Director General– Peter Sutherland
• Director General– Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria)
• Member Countries– 164

Exp. Mongolia’s Khuvsgul lake added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

Khuvsul Lake National Park of Mongolia has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.

The decision was made during the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme taking place in Paris, France.

Khuvsgul Lake is located in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgual near the Russian border.

Exp. Four Indian Company join Google, Apple, and Amazon as world’s top 100 brands

According to Kantar Brandz 2022 Most Valuable Global Report, four Indian company Tata Consultancy Service (TCS), Infosys, Life Insurance Company (LIC) , and HDFC Bank were featured among the top 100 global biggest brands.

Apple retains its first position to become the first trillion dollar brand value of 947. 1 billion US dollar followed by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

TCS has the most valuable brand coming out of India with 46^th position.

TCS has the second biggest brand in Asia Pacific region.

Samsung has the second position with 54 billion US dollar brand value and HDFC Bank and Infosys stood at third and fourth position on the list respectively.

Exp. RBI suspended license of Karnataka based Millath Co-operative Bank

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that Millath Co-operative Bank Ltd., Davangere, Karnataka, had its license suspended leading to a shortage of capital.

The bank does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. As such, it does not comply with the provisions of Section 11(1) and Section 22 (3) (d) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, says RBI.

About Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

• Founded – 1 April 1935
• RBI Nationalized– 1 January 1949
• HQ– Mumbai, Maharashtra
• RBI set up– Hilton Young Commission
• 1st Governor– Sir Osborne Smith (Australia) 1st Indian Governor – CD Deshmukh
• 25th Governor– Shaktikanta Das

Exp. Gustavo Petro elected as the first-lefist President of Colombia

Leftist party, Gustavo Petro has won presidential election of Colombia and becomes the first ever leftist president in the history of Colombia.

He defeated construction magnate, Ronaldo Hernandez with a margin of more than 7 lakh votes.

Petro is a former mayor of capital Bogotoa and current senator.

About Colombia

• Capital – Bogotoas
• Currency – Peso

Exp. The Centre notified the appointment of new chief justices in six high courts.

The Ministry of Law and Justice notified the appointment to six high courts namely Delhi, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Guwahati.

Chief justice of Delhi High Court – Satish Chandra Sharma

Chief justice of Uttrakhand High Court – Vipin Sanghi

Chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court – Amjad A Sayed

Chief justice of Rajasthan High Court – S S Shinde

Chief justice of Guwahati High Court – Rashmin M Chhaya

Chief justice of Telangana High Court – Ujjal Bhuyan

Exp. US – Canadian author Ruth Ozeki won Women’s Prize for fiction

US-Canadian, film-maker, author and Zen Buddhist priest, Ruth Ozeki has won the Women’s Prize for fiction this year for novel “The Book of From and Emptiness”.

This novel “The Book of From and Emptiness” tells the story of a 13 year old boy who after the tragic death of his father, starts to hear voice of objects speaking to him.

She was announced as the winner of the 30,000 euro prize at ceremony of London,UK.

Exp. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won Canadian Grand Prix 2022

World champion Max Verstappen increased his lead in this year’s Formula One title race.

It was Verstappen’s first Canadian victory in his 150th career start, his sixth this year and the 26th of his career.

Recent Grand Prix Winner

Exp. Cyclist Ronaldo Singh won bronze in elite time trial event Asian Cycling Championship in Delhi.

Ronaldo Singh created history as he bagged the country’s first-ever international medal in the 1 Km time trial event the Asian Track Cycling Championship in New Delhi.

World junior champion Ronaldo Singh clocked 1 minute 1.798 seconds to bag bronze medal in 1-km time trial of Asian Cycling Championship. It is India’s first-ever 1-km time trial international medal.

Exp. PM Modi released Ram Bahadur Rai’s book ‘Bhartiya Samvidhan: Ankahi Kahani’

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Ram Bahadur Rai’s book ‘Bhartiya Samvidhan: Ankahi Kahani’.

The book, along with the history of independence and the untold chapters of our constitution will give a new thinking to the youth of the country.

Ram Bahadur Rai is a senior Hindi journalist. He is Former news editor of Hindi daily Jansatta

Exp. Biography of Gautam Adani “Gautam Adani- The Man Who Changed India” written by R N Bhaskar

The biography of billionaire, industrialist Gautam Adani will be released in October, announced by Penguin Random House.

The book written by Journalist-author R N Bhaskar, “Gautam Adani- The Man Who Changed India”, claims to bring first time, the unknown aspects of one of the richest men in the world.

Exp. International Yoga Day was first recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014.

The 8^th edition of International Yoga Day is being observed on 21 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his Yoga message for 2022, said that this year’s theme reminds everyone “how yoga is truly universal.” On how yoga has helped people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aim – To raise awareness worldwide of many benefits of practicing yoga.

Theme 2022 – Yoga for Humanity